allow both ^H and DEL to backspace in insert mode (bug #23)

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index fc1deeb..eb0aa33 100644 (file)
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ static Byte *char_insert(Byte * p, Byte c) // insert the char c at 'p'
                if ((p[-1] != '\n') && (dot>text)) {
                        p--;
                }
-       } else if (c == erase_char) {   // Is this a BS
+       } else if (c == erase_char || c == 8 || c == 127) { // Is this a BS
                //     123456789
                if ((p[-1] != '\n') && (dot>text)) {
                        p--;
@@ -3083,8 +3083,8 @@ key_cmd_mode:
                break;
        case 'h':                       // h- move left
        case VI_K_LEFT: // cursor key Left
-       case 8:                 // ctrl-H- move left    (This may be ERASE char)
-       case 127:                       // DEL- move left   (This may be ERASE char)
+       case 8:         // ctrl-H- move left    (This may be ERASE char)
+       case 127:       // DEL- move left   (This may be ERASE char)
                if (cmdcnt-- > 1) {
                        do_cmd(c);
                }                               // repeat cnt
@@ -3249,7 +3249,7 @@ key_cmd_mode:
                //
                // dont separate these two commands. 'f' depends on ';'
                //
-               //**** fall thru to ... 'i'
+               //**** fall thru to ... ';'
        case ';':                       // ;- look at rest of line for last forward char
                if (cmdcnt-- > 1) {
                        do_cmd(';');